Entrance test for engineering begins

LAHORE:On the first day of four-day entrance test for admission to engineering universities of Punjab an entrance test was conducted in 109 campuses of the Virtual University on Monday.

A Virtual University (VU) spokesperson said that a state-of-the-art control room has been set up at the university to monitor engineering tests. Rector Virtual University Prof Dr Arshad Saleem Bhatti, Registrar Virtual University Dr Mohsin Javed, Controller Examinations Dr Faisal Tehseen Shah and Additional Controller Examinations Sarmad Latif Mir visited various test centres and reviewed the examination arrangements. Speaking to the media on the occasion, Prof Dr Arshad Saleem Bhatti said that 109 campuses of Virtual University had been allotted for 33,649 students for engineering test. These campuses included Lahore, Faisalabad, Multan, Rawalpindi, Gujranwala, DG Khan, Bahawalpur, Bahawalnagar, Sheikhupura, Nankana, Sialkot and many other cities. As many as 103 centers have been activated in Punjab, two in Gilgit-Baltistan, one in Azad Kashmir and three in Islamabad. The transparency of the

entrance test has been ensured with the help of 1,000 CCTV cameras.